Beware of hobbiest cue makers

[jim evans]

as people said you dont use a straight edge on a handmade cue or roll you sight it not saying anymore on the subject ,ps your still a baw bag

[Brianwalter]

I saw it with my eyes thats why i put strait edge on it jim lol classy jim wish i was like you haha you know im right like i said if there was nothing wrong with cue why did u pm me saying youd fix it lol explain that one?

[bradwight]

Jeezus I think we get the point Brian, you're unhappy with your cue and the service you received, point came across in the first post!

Any cue can bend and the most likely time theyre going to bend is just after theyre made. That's why some of the full time makers who make a living from it will have part made shafts ageing for months or years before finishing them off.

Add in the fact that it's spent a few days in a tube going through the postal system, possibly subject to extremes of temperature and being propped up at funny angles which aren't going to help.

I've bought plenty of straight cues which have arrived with tiny bends. Normally takes ten seconds to gently bend them back the other way. If it was a ridiculous bend I'm sure you'd have taken a photo to show the maker just how bad it was?

On the subject of uneven splices, You'll find very few genuine handmade cues with all splices dead level. I've got cues sat here made by famous old companies like Burroughes and Watts and there's a good 3/4" difference in height between highest and lowest splice tips. Doesn't affect the way it plays though.

If you want perfect splices, go to a budget importer who touches the splice tips up with black paint and a coat of varnish.

[Brianwalter]

Whatever you say pal im a joiner work with timber every day it doesnt bend like that over 2 weeks the cue was planed into a bend it wasnt the natural wood bend u jus post when u got no clue what your talking about! People can post critising me but your complaining when i post back im not gona watch while people say im loeing when im not! Also as i said i agree splices dnt win frames THEY WERE A SMALL PART OF PROBLEM THE SHAFT WHAT I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT!

[bradwight]

Cues can bend over night mate. Especially when they're new or in a tube. Neither, yourself or Jim have any idea how its been handled and stored by Parcelforce. The differences of temperature between the heat in the back of a van or the cold in a sorting office at night could easily have been enough to warp a cue. Ever left your cue in a freezing cold bar cellar or back of your car in the middle of summer? Doesn't mean to say it was made badly!

[Brianwalter]

It didnt bend it was badly made either way i wudnt except it for money i paid! But i can c your point but my 6 year old craftsman cue is straiter that what jim sent me !

[jrc750]

Here is a pic Jim asked me to put up

[cyberheater]

Here is a pic Jim asked me to put up

Looks like a 30mm butt to me.

[jrc750]

Looks like a 30mm butt to me.

Lol i would say that shows 29 mm

[sfmcar]

lol someone stole 2 mm from his tape!

[cyberheater]

Lol i would say that shows 29 mm

It's not right at the end

[Brianwalter]

Fuzzy pic and i did it wit digital calipers on all 3 of my cues its not 29 at all and as i keep saying the SPECS I COULD OF LIVED WITH THE BENT SHAFT I COULDNT poor quality for 230 end off lol

[Brianwalter]

Nice to see friends sticking up for jim tho! Also nice of him to tell me why he offered to fix cue if there was nothing wrong with it!

[bradwight]

Did you make sure they were closed before pressing the little 'ZERO' button?

[Brianwalter]

Did you make sure they were closed before pressing the little 'ZERO' button?

If they wernt closed that wud make mesurement bigger not smaller